i have been gaining weight since starting the new meds and it is all around the belly...
so, i talked to my doc about getting a discount membership at the local YMCA.
it takes about an hour to get there by the bus system due to having to get a transfer but i need to get this going. i went last monday and hit the free weights. it's been twenty years since i lifted weights before... i was lost in a jungle of never before seen equipment for about a half hour before i defaulted to trying some simple dumbell curls. i did some tricept extensions and some leg workouts like squats and donkey curls. i even figured out some kind of machine for your lats and back.

by the time i got done and was at the bus stop, my arms were too swelled to bring a cigarette to my lips. i woke up the next morning in pain. i had intentionally not worked out that hard just so that i would not feel this way yet here i was. for a short while i felt my age, but then realized how little i have to work out to get that body building burn. i figure that at this rate i should be built like the young Arnold Schwarzenegger with a couple hundred repetitions! lol.

i have to work out every day this week to keep my membership active next month. i will work out today and Tuesday and Wednesday i will act like i know how to help others... it's not that hard to give someone emotional support.

when i am done i will look like i am 21 again... with lots of old man wrinkles. should i invest in cold cream too?